“Wow, it’s so beautiful!”
“There are so many flowers!”
When we arrived at the cherry blossom viewing venue, the cherry blossoms that weren’t in bloom the last time we were here are now in full bloom and there are so many of them. Seeing the cherry blossoms in full bloom, Shiro and Fran’s eyes are shining. Both Sue and the others are dazzled by the beautiful scene in front of us.
Then, while enjoying the cherry blossoms as we walk, we arrived at the facility where we will be stationed. People in the city who are already quick to move have already started cherry blossom viewing at will.
“Eh? Shun-oniichan, look! The carriage I’ve seen before is parked there.”
“Oh, you’re right. That carriage was the one we rode in yesterday when we went to the Earl’s mansion.”
“Did something happen in the Margrave’s house?”
A luxurious carriage was parked beside the temporary hut we are stationed to, which was very out of place. I wondered if something had happened at the Margrave’s house, so I decided to get inside quickly.
It was at that moment that someone called out, “Oneechan!”
“Eh?”
A little girl jumped out of the temporary hut all of a sudden and hugged Shiro vigorously.
Seeing the little girl hugging Shiro, I realized she’s a familiar face. She’s the angel girl who was assaulted by a man at Muhou Trading Company yesterday.
“Well, I think it would be better to be by Shiro-chan’s side after all.”
“Old Madame, what’s going on?”
“We’re still outside, let’s go in first.”
The person who came out of the temporary hut following the angel girl was the wife of the former Margrave. Apparently, she has a story to tell about this angel girl.
We then head inside the temporary hut.
“Oh, by the way, thank you for your hard work yesterday. I look forward to working with you again from today.”
“Thank you. I’ll be in your care too.”
The executive committee members of the cherry blossom viewing festival had already gathered in the temporary hut, and the chairman of the executive committee who accompanied us to the church and the slave market yesterday greeted us.
I’m sure there will be preparations for the festival, but the wife of the former Margrave has some errands to run later, so I decided to hear her story first.
“We all saw her being assaulted in the Muhou Trading Company yesterday. Apparently, since she was brought into Muhou Trading Company, she’s beaten every day to set an example for the other children.”
“““What!?”””
“What more, she was kidnapped and her parents were murdered in front of her. She woke up so many times last night that I was so anxious. She said she wanted to go to the big sister who had helped her, so I brought her here to see if it would be good for her.”
“Indeed. My appraisal also showed that she is an orphan. Incidentally, Fran is also an orphan.”
What the wife of the former Margrave said was quite shocking. The assault that the angel girl had been subjected to yesterday was already striking enough and yet she was beaten every day too. Furthermore, her parents were murdered in front of her.
When I learned the results of the appraisal, I became even more depressed. The shock of the conversation made everyone fall silent.
“Of course, my son already informed the royal castle about it. Apparently they’re quite outraged when they heard the details.”
“That’s a given I guess. What we saw yesterday was quite a shock.”
“I can’t believe such a young child was subjected to such terrible things. It’s really unforgivable.”
And all of them were growing angry with Muhou Trading Company. The man who beat her was already caught, but the wounds in the angel girl’s heart will never heal.
On the other side, as the adults were talking, the children were talking about something else.
“Hey, what’s your name?”
“Horn”
“Horn huh!”
Shiro asks the angel girl her name, and it’s a cute name. By the way, Fran calls everyone by name.
“Horn-chan, are you with Shiro?”
“Is it okay?”
“Fran is with Shiro.”
“Yes. Horn wants to be with Shiro-oneechan too.”
And it seems that it has been decided to welcome Horn as a new companion among the children.
In this atmosphere, it’s hard to say no..
“The children have already discussed it, I’ll take care of Horn at home.”
“I’m really sorry, I’ll have her clothes and other things delivered to the inn.”
And so a new member was added to the group.
Well, this can’t be helped.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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